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Wei Water Forum- Water Management and Pollution

Control through Stakeholder Dialogues

Sun Ping’an,Vice Chair,

GWP China Shaanxi

Sept. 2010

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I. Brief Introduction to Wei River

II. The Wei River ForaIII. AchievementsIV. Next Steps

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I. Brief Introduction to Wei River

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Bird’s eye View on Wei River

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Wei River, important, both in ancient and present time

The largest tributary of the Yellow River~~

♦ length : 818 kilometer ;

♦ catchment area : 135,000 km2;

♦ Shaanxi Province takes 67,100 km2 catchment area.

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Wei River, one of the cradles of the Chinese Civilization

♦The capitals of ancient dynasties were situated along

the Wei River from 2070 BC;

♦ In relation to “Silk Road” of antiquity.

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Wei River, one of the mainstays of the economic development of Shaanxi

In Shaanxi Province, the Wei River basin covers:

♦ 61% of total population;

♦ 56% of total farmland;

♦ 72% of total irrigation area;

♦ 68% of total agricultural output;

♦ 80% of Shaanxi Province’s GDP.

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Challenges to Wei River in the contemporary era

♦ Water shortage;

♦ Decrease of water inflows;

♦ Vulnerable eco-environment;

♦ Water pollution;

♦ River channel siltation.

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II. Wei River Fora

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The Wei River Forum in 2007

Theme: Water

Culture

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The Wei River Forum in 2008

Theme: Water Resources

♦ “The Plan of Major Projects in the Wei River Basin”;

♦ “Transferring Water from the Han to the Wei River”;

♦ Management system of river basin;

♦ Green and ecological environment of the Wei River.

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The Wei River Forum in 2008

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The Wei River Forum in 2008

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The Wei River Forum in 2009

Theme: Water Environment

♦Management planning of key projects and five-year plan;

♦ Pollutants control for an ecological Wei River;

♦ More water division projects for more bearing capacity;

♦Integrated management for less river siltation/flood

disasters and better disaster control capacity.

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The Wei River Forum in 2009

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III. Achievements

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Success of the Wei River Fora

What we achieved mainly:

♦ Raise public awareness for caring the Wei River;

♦ Promote the implementation of IWRM in the Wei

River Basin;

♦ Influencing policy/decision-makers.

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Success of the Wei River Fora

Green Wei River Basin

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Success of the Wei River Fora

What we influenced:

♦ The local government approves the “Plan of the Wei

River Basin Management”;

♦ The implementation of “Yellow River Water

Regulation Rules” has been promoted;

♦ The local government better practices responsibilities

on pollution control.

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Ecological Wei River Basin

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III. Next Steps

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Two more Wei River Fora

Focus on:

♦ Strategies and measures for disaster control;

♦ Better promotion and development of more

related regulations and systems in integrated

management of Wei River Basin.

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Healthy Wei River

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谢谢！Thanks.